The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-15
UNION LABOR PARTY.
II Nomlna'es . Clean Genuine
Workingman's Ticket On
Straight Principle
The Only Party In which the Beedls
Element Is Not IN Con.
troll.

On Wednesday night the Union
Labor Party held mass conven-
ton at old Unity church for the
purpose of nominating candidates
for county officers to be elected
this fall.
A good attendance of the rank
and file Of the genuine workers
and anti-boodle element was pres
'ent. A good many ladies from
the ranks of the workingwomen of
Denver aided by their presence to
make the convention one which
would be free from the disgusting
scenes always witnessed in the
Doodle party conventions. The
election of two members of the
county executive committee to
I'LL vacancies was the first business
in order. d. M. Leahy and J. J.
Callahan we're elected to fill the
vacancies. On motion the con-
vcntion proceeded to make nomi-
nations for candidates for the va
rious positions on the county
ticket.
J. w. Wood was placed in nom-
ination for clerk and recorder and
nominated by acclamation. d.
Macdonald was nominated by ac-
clamation for sheriff. David Dun
can was nominated for county
treasurer by acclamation. II. M.
Behymer was nominated by ac-
clamation for the position of coro-
ner. Miss l.. +. Mccarthy was
nominated for superintendent of
public schools and amidst much
applause was elected by acclama-
tion.
For county commissioners
Hugh Flagherty and Charles Ma
chette were elected by acclama-
ton. +. 0. Cochrane was nomi-
by acclamation for the position of
Justice of the peace. For consta-
bic John Schaeae was placed in
nomination and was elected by
acclamation. For assessor S. W..
Isenberg was nominated and elect
cd by acclamation. d. Keifer
was nominated for surveyor and
elected by acclamation.
With the exception of district
Judge this filled the list of nomi-
nations. AS a suitable candidate
for the latter office could not be
agreed upon it was deemed advis-
able that it for the present should
remain untitled.
Speeches from the nominees
were called for and in response
several spoke in a very encour-
aging strain about the better pros
poets for the party at this cleo
tion than in the election of last
spring when it polled over fifteen
hundred votes. Lack of space
forbids giving any of the speeches
made.
Taken altogether the ticket is
much stronger than the one voted
for at the last election. Now for
a short glance at the candidates:
The candidate for clerk and re-
corder is a man who works at his
trade Of cabinet making, and is
of that class of workingmen who
think as we'll as work. The can
didatc for sheriff is carpenter
and building contractor who is
well-known amongst his fellow
craftsmen and in the Carpenters
Union of which body he has been
president. He is also we'll and
honorably known as true worker
in the ranks of those who have
always kept outside the pale of
Doodle politics and sought to
better the condition of his fellow
workers by striving to forward the
movement for the complete uni
hcation of labor. The candidate
for treasurer is also a worker in
wood; man of intelligence and
culture whose efforts in behalf of
labor reform date far back in the
years when it took courage and
originality of thought to be a re-